Storm-sash fastener.



PATBNTED JULY 24, 1906.'

E. H'UBBBLL. STORM sAshH FASTENER. AIIPLIOATIOE FILED JULY17, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.'

Application led July 17, 1905. Serial No. 269,931-

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE HUBBELL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-Sash Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for fastening the sashes of storm-windows and screenwindows more or less open and also to lock them when closed.

The object is to provide a cheap, durable, and efficient device of said kind. This and other objects I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional top view of a portion of a window-frame and sash with my improved fastener applied thereto. The section is taken not far above the windowsill, and the window is shown as held partly open. Fig. 2 is practically the same as Fig. 1, only that the window is closedand locked, and the position of the parts of the fastening device is changed accordingly. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 2 with the frame 1 and stop 2 omitted. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the pin or stud 10, and Fig. 5 is the middle portion of the foldable brace 16 16a in straight position.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 designates the frame, 2 the stop, and 3 the sill of an ordinary window, while 4 is the sash of a storm-window suspended from the top of the frame in any hinged manner, so that the lower end may be swung outward more or less or closed with its lower end upon the ledge 5 of the sill.

Upon the sill 3 is secured a baseiece 6, which is preferably hollow and provi ed with `two prongs 7, adapted to be driven into the sill, and a lug 8, secured upon the sill by a screw 9. y

10 is a stud driven into the sill and having its to endbeveled. It passes through the middlle of the base-piece 6 and is provided with a collar 11, let down into a cavity in the top of the piece 6, which it helps to hold firmly fixed on the sill.

12 is a keeper or finger formed on the basepiece and projecting partly inward over the top of same.

Upon the inner face of the sash 4 is secured a bracket 13, having two notches 14, adapted to be dropped upon the screws 15, so that a slight turning of the screws will tightenthe bracket or loosen it for removal.

16 16a represent a folding brace having at the middlea knee-joint or brace-joint 17 with meeting shoulders 18 to help hold the members of the brace in a substantially straight line, as in Fig. 5, where it will be seen that when the shoulders meet the brace is sufhciently beyond a straight line to revent its folding by the weight of the inc ined sash. The end of the member 16 of said brace is pivoted at 19 to the bracket 13, while the member 16a has its corresponding end pivotally placed upon the peg 10. The latter end is semicircular and passes partly in under the finger 12, which keeps it on the peg until the notch 20 of the member is turned toward the finger 12, when the member may be removed from or placed on the peg. Such turning of the member is, however, only possible when the bracket 13 is loose from the sash.

Upon the pivot 19 swings a lever 21, having a cam-slot 22,.adapted to engage the pin or stud 10, and thus close and lock the sash when the lever is brought to the position shown in Fig. 2. Said lever also has a guiding-groove 28 extending from the cam-slot to a hole 24 near the handle 25 of the lever. Said groove 23 straddles the top of the stud 10, and thus guides the lever with either slot `22 or the hole 24 to the stud. Thelever may,

however, be sprung upward and disengaged entirely from the pin, which is necessary when the bracel 16 16a is to be used in its straight position, so as to hold the window open to the greatest limit possible with this device.

From the above description it will be understood that the device is adapted to hold the sash of a storm-window or of aIs'creenwindow as Wide open as ever is desired by unfolding the brace 16 16a, as in Fig. 5, or less open by placing the hole 24 of the lever on the stud or pin 10, as in Fig. 1, and, finally, the Window may be shut, drawn tight, and locked, as in Fig. 2. The slant at the top of IOO the stud, as in Fig. 4, is to allow the stud to engage the hole 24 in the lever automatically when the'window is unlocked and pushed outward.

5 In removing the storm-window it is only necessary to sli htly loosen the screws 15,l

sill and sash, requiring only the moving of I 5 the screws 15 from the storm-sash to the screen-sash every spring and back to the storm-sash in the fall, or the two sashes may lfbe permanently provided with screws.

While in the drawings the device is shown zo as applied near the end of the window-sill, it is obvious that it may to better advantage be applied about midway between the ends of the sill. It is alsol obvious that where the window is hinged at one side to swing hori- 2 5 zontally, like a common door, my device may be applied as well by simply securing the bracket 13 to the sash-rail 4 and the basepiece 6 to the frame l. When the device is thus applied, the brace-joint 17 should fold 3o upward and fall downward to a straight line.

An illustration of this arrangement is considered unnecessary, especially as the same may be had by simply turning the present drawings with the right-hand side downward 3 5 and supposing that 1 is the sill and 3 the side upright of the window-frame.

While the device. is mainly intended for use upon storm-windows used in the winter season, it is also applicable to window-screens or 4o screen-windows which it is often desired to hold partly open while driving out iiies or watering plants in boxes arranged below the window at the outside of the wall or for other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what 45 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class described, comprisingfin combination a bracket adapted to be secured to a hinged or hung sash, a base-piece securable to the frame or sill of the window and having a peg or stud and the guardingiinger 12, a centrally-folding brace pivoted with one end to said bracket and having its other end pivotally placed upon said stud 55 and retained ,thereon by said guard; said brace having a notch adapted to pass said guard when turned toward it, and the joint of the brace having shoulders or stops to hold the brace in a substantially straight position when it is unfolded.

2. A device of the class described, comprising in combination abracket adapted to be secured to a hinged or hung sash, a base-piece securable to the frame or sill of the window 65 and having a peg or stud and the guardingfinger 12, a centrally-folding brace pivoted with one end to said bracket and having its other end pivotally placed u on said stud and retained thereon by sai guard; said 7o brace having a notch ada ted to pass said guard when turned towar it, and the joint of the brace having shoulders or stops to hold the brace in a substantially straight position when it is unfolded, the lever 21 also pivoted 75 to the bracket and having a cam-slot adapted to engage the stud and lock the sash when it is closed, and the hole 24 adapted to engage the stud and hold the sash or window less open than the foldable brace holds it when fully unfolded.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE HUBBELL.

Witnesses:

A. M. CARLsEN, PERcY D. GODFREY. 

